Have to admit I had to do a doubletake to see about taking it. It wouldn't have been the first time I'd missed something and with your bishop move looking like it was done to move my d-rook off the first rank and d file, I thought it was all part of the same scheme somehow and another trick was coming.

In any case, I enjoyed it, and have only myself to blame (blunders! ) for not finishing higher.

I believe df might have one other round planned (I never did "recover" this thread and what the heck's going on since I went on vacation a couple weeks back). I know we are still waiting for one of the semifinal games to resolve, and I believe one of the participants was wandering off on vacation as well for a couple of weeks.

A known pause might be the best description?

E:Had that wrong - Moller and Noodle are duking it out on a regular basis here for a spot in the finals. Q_C was on vacation for a couple of weeks.

In any case, I enjoyed it, and have only myself to blame (blunders! ) for not finishing higher.

I believe df might have one other round planned (I never did "recover" this thread and what the heck's going on since I went on vacation a couple weeks back). I know we are still waiting for one of the semifinal games to resolve, and I believe one of the participants was wandering off on vacation as well for a couple of weeks.

A known pause might be the best description?

E:Had that wrong - Moller and Noodle are duking it out on a regular basis here for a spot in the finals. Q_C was on vacation for a couple of weeks.

The game is all but over now. I'd love to blame the cold meds and taking a move late at night, but there's really no excuse for the way that I blundered my queen away on move 28.

The game is all but over now. I'd love to blame the cold meds and taking a move late at night, but there's really no excuse for the way that I blundered my queen away on move 28.

I was surprised that you let my bishop come to e2, but even then, 28. ... Be3 leads to some fun complications. Even after your queen is gone, those queenside pawns were nasty. Lots of fight left in the position if your white-squared bishop had stuck around, I think.

I'm fairly certain losing a piece on move 7 is a personal record for me. Scrabbling for the next 10 or so moves to turn that loss into just the exchange was all right. I even managed it without getting my pieces completely tangled up. Then I proceeded to tangle them five moves later... My poor bishop and knight remained in exile on the edge of the board for the rest of the game. The moral of the story is, "avoid exchanges when you're material down" is not a hard and fast rule.

Thanks to Moller for the game and for moving in the middle of the night while doped on cold medicine. It's really the only thing that saved me. God bless that cold medicine.

I am on holiday mode as well. As stated last week. *nudge dferrantino*.

I am actually physically on holiday from this Wednesday on and shall be behind the Glorious Big Firewall. Now I know my brother emails me from there, but I genuinely don't know what his internet connection is like, so I don't want to assume I will be ok to play.

I am on holiday mode as well. As stated last week. *nudge dferrantino*.

I am actually physically on holiday from this Wednesday on and shall be behind the Glorious Big Firewall. Now I know my brother emails me from there, but I genuinely don't know what his internet connection is like, so I don't want to assume I will be ok to play.

Shit sorry Ral, totally forgot. I'll get a sub.

dlr(2), I set it when I went to Boston and forgot until I was on my way home. Challenged!